come, stay and let's talk. it's a good day to be alive
slippery roads are easy to drive
you just sit still and pass by
strangers, traffic lights, alone
in your car, as you go
really, really fast
and it is fun till at last
world collapses in heat;
unexpected, but an inevitable feat.
so wear your seatbelt
look for the road to commonwealth.
2.2.2022
the ice floated across the river;
for a while it lingered
momentarily as if it was dreaming
in the middle of the desert swimming
through thousands and millions of grains
of white snow flakes waiting to melt in rain;
but, for now, it’s calmly glaring into the sky
counting its blessings, staring into the eye
of the sunset,
the inevitable end.
2.1.2022
that hint of grinning
that I catch a glimpse
across the miles of smooth surface
like vast waves a washed under sun’s grace
I wonder how I shall pray tonight
grateful for moment of warmth that delights
1.31.2022
Ralph with Coffee 